Michael Smith wrote: > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:46:30 -0800 > raghu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't think there is a single overtly racist law on the books any > > more in the US or in any of the developed world. > > Do you include Israel in this observation?
I forget the details now, and which is which, but there is a difference in sentencing for crack and for cocaine, and also a difference between state & federal penalties, and the combination amounts to a racist law, and is so used to give black drug dealers extra long sentences. This is sloppy; it's been several years since I read up on it. But in any case, structural racism is still a major feature of u.s. society. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
